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This section includes 767 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UGC-NET knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 301. |
Anthropologists mean when they refer to the concept of "integration" in regards to cultures |
| A. | Different kinds of people should learn to live together in peace |
| B. | The best way to study another culture is by working with a team of researchers from different academ |
| C. | Any successful behavior, strategy, or technique for obtaining food and surviving in a new environmen |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 302. |
Constellation of folkways and mores around some important function or functions of society |
| A. | Social -Institution |
| B. | The People and the buildings at which they work |
| C. | A Group of people living and working together for some cause |
| D. | A God given way of doing |
| Answer» B. The People and the buildings at which they work | |
| 303. |
In the case of skeletalised human remains, which of the following features is not of potential use in making a personal identification? |
| A. | Bone disorders |
| B. | Dentition |
| C. | Tattoos |
| D. | Surgical implants |
| Answer» D. Surgical implants | |
| 304. |
Feminist anthropology have also considered the relationship between |
| A. | Gender and language |
| B. | Language and culture |
| C. | Gender and politics |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Language and culture | |
| 305. |
Pull and push factors are basic themes of discussion Analysis for |
| A. | Social change |
| B. | Migration |
| C. | Cultural diffusion |
| D. | Social Mobility |
| Answer» C. Cultural diffusion | |
| 306. |
Which field of archaeology would most likely be interested in ancient pre-literate societies around the world including those of most early North American Indians? |
| A. | classical archaeology |
| B. | Historical archaeology |
| C. | Prehistoric archaeology |
| D. | primatologist |
| Answer» D. primatologist | |
| 307. |
In anthropology to go for field and survey is the means of |
| A. | Stimulus- response psychology |
| B. | Drive psychology |
| C. | Trait psychology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Drive psychology | |
| 308. |
Gerontology is the study of |
| A. | Human beings |
| B. | Special groups |
| C. | Aged and aging |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 309. |
Research methodology is the method of |
| A. | Collecting data |
| B. | study |
| C. | lecture |
| D. | presentation |
| Answer» B. study | |
| 310. |
McLennan's primitive marriage was published in |
| A. | 1875 |
| B. | 1850 |
| C. | 1865 |
| D. | 1866 |
| Answer» D. 1866 | |
| 311. |
Symbolic anthropology is based on |
| A. | Within the society |
| B. | Cross-cultural |
| C. | For showing |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. For showing | |
| 312. |
Mode of production that involves growing crops with the use of plowing, irrigation, and fertilizer |
| A. | Foraging |
| B. | Horticulture |
| C. | Pastoralist |
| D. | Agriculture |
| Answer» E. | |
| 313. |
Cultural learning depends on |
| A. | Biology only |
| B. | Globalization |
| C. | Adaptation |
| D. | Symbols |
| Answer» E. | |
| 314. |
Advocacy anthropology was developed by |
| A. | E.B Taylor |
| B. | Morgan |
| C. | Stephen Schensul |
| D. | a and b |
| Answer» D. a and b | |
| 315. |
The exchange of goods for goods without the intervention of money is |
| A. | Give and take |
| B. | Barter |
| C. | Exchange |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Exchange | |
| 316. |
Egoistic, the special type of suicide presented by Emile Durkheim spring from |
| A. | Excessive regulation |
| B. | Excessive individualism |
| C. | Over migration with group |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 317. |
A primer of guidelines for the researcher regarding field operations |
| A. | An operational definition of a concept |
| B. | Classical definition |
| C. | In the head definition |
| D. | Abstracted and generalized version of reality |
| Answer» B. Classical definition | |
| 318. |
The biological reproduction , economic subsistence, symbolic communication and social regulation are based on |
| A. | Education |
| B. | Environment |
| C. | Knowledge |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Environment | |
| 319. |
As reported in "Fighting for Our Lives," the only group of professionals that was significantly more able than others to tell when people were lying was |
| A. | Members of the Secret Service |
| B. | lawyers |
| C. | Employees of the CIA |
| D. | Psychotherapists. |
| Answer» B. lawyers | |
| 320. |
People related by blood are called |
| A. | Affine |
| B. | Kindred |
| C. | Consanguine |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 321. |
Strauss's focus on |
| A. | System |
| B. | Action |
| C. | Behavior |
| D. | Meaning |
| Answer» E. | |
| 322. |
Strategies for survival that are NOT genetically determined. |
| A. | Evolution |
| B. | Adaptation |
| C. | Culture |
| D. | Social life |
| Answer» B. Adaptation | |
| 323. |
What is the definition of a literate person |
| A. | A person who can read |
| B. | A person who can read and write |
| C. | A person who can only write |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. A person who can only write | |
| 324. |
Egalitarian is composed of which |
| A. | Government |
| B. | Social systems (Chief, bands, tribes) |
| C. | Groups or communities |
| D. | Individual |
| Answer» B. Social systems (Chief, bands, tribes) | |
| 325. |
The tradition of medical practice is |
| A. | Modern median |
| B. | Allopathic medicine |
| C. | Drugs |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Drugs | |
| 326. |
According to "When Brothers Share a Wife," polyandry in Tibet |
| A. | Is considered detrimental to social structure |
| B. | Is based on the need for population growth |
| C. | Consists of brothers marrying the same woman |
| D. | Causes early death for many women |
| Answer» D. Causes early death for many women | |
| 327. |
Idea of alienation to work was presented by |
| A. | Comte |
| B. | Karl Max |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Spenser |
| Answer» C. Emile Durkheim | |
| 328. |
The study of culture in different practices is called |
| A. | Personality |
| B. | Anthropology |
| C. | Perceptions |
| D. | Attitudes |
| Answer» C. Perceptions | |
| 329. |
Symbolic anthropology can consider as a reaction to |
| A. | structuralism |
| B. | Actions |
| C. | Culture |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Actions | |
| 330. |
The study of Madness, and mental health is |
| A. | psychological |
| B. | Social life |
| C. | Group of people |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Social life | |
| 331. |
Paleoanthropologists are mostly interested in learning about |
| A. | The cultures of living people |
| B. | Sub-cultures of modern, large-scale societies |
| C. | The fossil record of human evolution |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 332. |
Adjustment of human being with technology is |
| A. | Adjustment of human being with mores |
| B. | Adjustment of human being with Folk ways |
| C. | Technical ways |
| D. | Adjustment of human being with good habits |
| Answer» D. Adjustment of human being with good habits | |
| 333. |
In consistent attitude toward one situation |
| A. | Single attitude toward one situation |
| B. | Ambivalence |
| C. | No attitude toward one situation |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» C. No attitude toward one situation | |
| 334. |
The concept of originates with the field of kinship founded by |
| A. | E.B Taylor |
| B. | Harris |
| C. | L.H Morgan |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» D. Karl Marx | |
| 335. |
The problem solving process began? |
| A. | Clarification of the situation |
| B. | Establishment of alternatives |
| C. | Identification of the difficulty |
| D. | Isolation of the cause |
| Answer» D. Isolation of the cause | |
| 336. |
The anthropologists serves for |
| A. | Country |
| B. | State |
| C. | For individuals |
| D. | Community |
| Answer» E. | |
| 337. |
Crime is learned in Associations who said this |
| A. | Paul H. Norton |
| B. | Edwin Sutherland |
| C. | Wright Mills |
| D. | George Simple |
| Answer» C. Wright Mills | |
| 338. |
Shamanism is the study of shamans and shamanisms has been plagued with the |
| A. | Opposition of Christian theologians |
| B. | Variations in shamanistic practices |
| C. | Difficulty in creating a satisfactory standardized definition |
| D. | Many languages required to study the field |
| Answer» C. Difficulty in creating a satisfactory standardized definition | |
| 339. |
A society dominated by the old men |
| A. | By gerontocracy |
| B. | Young people's society |
| C. | A mixed society of aged |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Young people's society | |
| 340. |
Stratified Random sampling technique is a |
| A. | Probability sampling |
| B. | Non-Probability sample |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Non-Probability sample | |
| 341. |
Economic growth will keep pace with population growth only if there is |
| A. | Available acreage |
| B. | Improved technology |
| C. | Motivation to achieve |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Improved technology | |
| 342. |
Tribe is a group of |
| A. | International group |
| B. | National group |
| C. | Local group |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 343. |
The concept of adaptive strategy refers to a plan of action carried out a specified time and period by a specific group is |
| A. | Adaptation |
| B. | Adaptive strategy |
| C. | Adjust |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Adjust | |
| 344. |
Which of the following is true regarding the sexual division of labor in hunting and gathering societies? |
| A. | Women typically produce most of the calories |
| B. | The value of the men's contribution is always more critical in maintaining health and survival |
| C. | Reliance upon sharing seems to have required a cooperative temperament and exceptional intelligence |
| D. | foods obtained by women and men does not change at different times of the year |
| Answer» D. foods obtained by women and men does not change at different times of the year | |
| 345. |
Applied anthropology as currently practiced in |
| A. | Pakistan |
| B. | China |
| C. | America |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» D. Japan | |
| 346. |
In societies kinship system, individuals often choose the descent group that will advantage them the most in resources or power. |
| A. | Parallel descent |
| B. | Double descent |
| C. | Unilateral descent |
| D. | Ambilineal descent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 347. |
The worship of one God |
| A. | The worship of many gods |
| B. | The followers of a magician |
| C. | Monotheism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 348. |
The phenomena when educated and highly skilled people emigrate to a new country, their home country loses, is referred as |
| A. | Chain migration |
| B. | Life-time migration |
| C. | Brain Drain |
| D. | Mover |
| Answer» D. Mover | |
| 349. |
Kula Ring was introduced by |
| A. | Malinowski |
| B. | Kroeber |
| C. | Alfred |
| D. | Morgan |
| Answer» B. Kroeber | |
| 350. |
The creative potential of personality is accounted for |
| A. | Stimulus-response psychology |
| B. | Drive psychology |
| C. | Trait psychology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Drive psychology | |